Specific spinal stabilisation exercises in patients with low back pain–a systematic review

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-248

  Hauggaard, Annika ^a   Persson, Ann L ^b  

^a City Rehab Physiotherapy Clinic   (Sweden)

^b Rehabiliterings og Forskningscentret for Torturofre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

LUMBAR MULTIFIDUS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950104872     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/108331907X222949     Document Type: Article

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